NBS Knowledge Database
Introduction to the database
As the recognition of the potential Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) grows, so too does the need for a robust evidence base and business case across contexts. If NBS are to deliver on their predicted potential, decision-makers will require tools to communicate, promote and invest in interventions and policy. Currently, the tools available are usually sector-specific due to a lack of meta-analyses of the research, policy, projects and market-based resources available. With Europe producing much of these resources, the region is a fertile foundation point to analyse the state of the NBS landscape worldwide.
NetworkNature, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme, is a resource for the NBS community, creating opportunities for local, regional and international cooperation to maximise the impact and spread of NBS. NetworkNature has mapped European research, policy, projects and market-based tools, collating information on the stakeholders involved and topics covered; also, in parallel, has identified relevant international resources. As this is the first mapping of this scale to be performed (other mappings have been limited in sector, region and resource type), the methodology of mapping is in itself a reportable result. Due to the different types of resources, three separate mappings of global academia and projects, policy and market-based were undertaken and then combined to form this database.
For facilitation of access to information, this database is also accompanied by:
Nature-Based Solutions knowledge gaps: that compiles evidence base for NBS gap analysis to help identify future avenues for research.
Database of EU research and innovation projects on Nature-Based Solutions: that gathers European R&I projects on NBS from several major European research and innovation or implementation programmes.
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EXCEPT, IFLA Europe, JNCC, Biodiversa, Natural Resources Wales
Description: Blue Green Infrastructure (BGI) has the potential to address global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and water management. However, whilst valuable research on BGI is available, it often remains theoretical in nature which hinders its effective integration...
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Global
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GrowGreen
Description: The IUCN European Regional Office with contributions from the GrowGreen partners: Manchester, Wroclaw, Valencia, and Paisaje Transversal has developed the ‘GrowGreen report: Engaging citizens in nature-based solutions’. This report compiles the lessons learnt from the GrowGreen...
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Europe
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International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Description: Cities of the future: resilient in the face of climate variability - Urban citizens worldwide are increasingly suffering the effects of climate-related disasters such as floods, droughts, heatwaves, landslides and severe storms. This visual story highlights the importance of...
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Europe
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NetworkNature
Description: This powerpoint slide provides a case study on a successful example of financing nature-based solutions for coastal protection: Keeping the floods at bat through nature restoration in Medmerry. The scheme was funded through the Endangered Landscapes Programme and developed by...
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Europe
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High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel)
Description: This report draws on the comprehensive literature on blue carbon ecosystems developed over the last decade, aiming to distil key concepts and information. The report is intended for non-specialists who are starting to consider blue carbon opportunities, to act as a reference...
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Global
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European Investment Bank (EIB)
Description: Nature-based solutions are cost-effective interventions that provide environmental, social, and economic benefits and build resilience. This report highlights the challenges involved in financing nature-based projects and draws on the European Investment Bank’s experience in...
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GrowGreen
Description: As the evidence base on the role and benefits of nature-based solutions (NBS) grows rapidly, these solutions are featuring with increasing prominence in global climate change policy, stressing the importance of their implementation in urban environments. The Horizon2020 project...
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Europe
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Naturvation project consortium
Description: NBS deliver different benefits to different actors. One of the key opportunities - and challenges - of implementing urban nature-based solutions is coordinating between different actors to realize an NBS. This puzzle helps coordinate between these actors to mix & match...
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GrowGreen
Description: Cities of all sizes and types can develop effective strategies for nature-based solutions, allowing them to create innovative and inspiring ways to tackle major urban challenges, such as flooding and heat stress. Embedding nature-based solutions in this way in long-term city...
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Europe, Global
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IUCN
Description: Recent global initiatives in ecosystem restoration offer an unprecedented opportunity to improve biodiversity conservation, human health and well-being. Ecosystems form a core component of biodiversity. They provide humans with multiple benefits – a stable climate and breathable...
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Global
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Umwelt Bundesamt
Description: This Report published by the German Environment Agency critically assess the global mitigation potential of Nature-based Solutions (NBS) as provided in existing literature to derive recommendations for international climate policy. Firstly, it compares and evaluates different...
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Global
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IEEP, IUCN WCPA, UNDP, the World Bank, TNC, WCS and WWF
Description: The guidance has been developed in a global partnership by IEEP, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), UN Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and global leading conservation organisations the Nature Conservancy (TNC), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and...
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Global
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The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit
Description: "IPCC Explainer: The Science of Climate Change" infographic, developed by John Lang, demonstrates the data and information shared in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR60).
Scope:
Global
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Reuters Events
Description: As the ongoing climate emergency and unbridled human activity continues to have a direct, catastrophic impact on biodiversity, the destruction of habitat and environmental degradation are creating the perfect conditions for diseases like COVID-19 to emerge, and in turn,...
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Global
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Egypt, Germany, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Description: The ENACT Partnership works to accelerate collective global efforts to address climate change, land and ecosystem degradation, and biodiversity loss through high-integrity Nature-based Solutions.
ENACT: Enhancing Nature-based Solutions for an Accelerated Climate...
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Global
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NetworkNature
Description: NetworkNature is working to expand the nature-based solutions (NbS) community and provide support for implementing and amplifying NbS. One way we do this is by investing in relationships and working with local partners to grow locally-based networks. This booklet, produced in...
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Europe
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SPARK
Description: This powerpoint slide provides a case study on a successful example of nature-based solution applied in the urban context: The implementation of urban parks and green areas with sustainable urban drainage systems to handle excess rainwater in Aarhus. This initiative was...
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Europe
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EUROPEAN BUSINESS AND INNOVATION CENTRE NETWORK
Description: This factsheet summarizes the main outcomes of the work done by EBN in relation to the engagement of businesses in the process of mainstreaming NBS. One of the central conclusions is the lack of awareness of private businesses about the market opportunities and the appropriate...
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GrowGreen
Description: Previous
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The “GrowGreen NBS co-design Guide”, made by Bipolaire, could be materialised as a tool that guides the NBS co-design process through questions. It is structured similarly as the GCF (Green Cities Framework), based on three main pillars: Planning, Mobilising, and...
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Europe, Global
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European Commission DG RTD
Description: Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) can be a powerful tool for cities dealing with the contemporary sustainability challenges including degradation of natural capital and ecosystem services, vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters, as well as corresponding health and...
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Europe, Global
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IFLA Europe
Description: The Report "Urban landscapes and climate change: the contribution of landscape architects to improving the quality of life" is concerned with the practice of Landscape Architecture to improve the quality of life in cities. It outlines the context of climate change in terms of...
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Europe
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GrowGreen
Description: This report details the interventions and outcomes of the Manchester GrowGreen project, funded as part of the European Commission’s 2016 Smart Cities and Communities Call for “Demonstrating Innovative Nature Based Solutions in Cities”. This report looks at the ways Nature Based...
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Europe
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Humboldt University of Berlin
Description: The connectivity of green infrastructure facilitating the movement of organisms is the key to strengthening biodiversity in cities. Brownfields are a valuable land resource, with their revitalisation as a Nature Based Solution high on the policy agenda. In supporting cities...
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Europe, Global
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UNEP, FAO
Description: To launch the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UNEP and FAO published the report "Becoming #GenerationRestoration: Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate", which synthesizes evidence of the state of degradation of the world’s ecosystems and details the economic...
Scope:
Global
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World Business Council of Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Description: This report focuses on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in strategies for Net Zero, Nature Positive and addressing Inequality, and shares insights from the evolution of Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) as part of corporate action on climate. Specifically, it presents:
The role of...
Scope:
Global
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NetworkNature
Description: This Knowledge Brief produced by NetworkNature aims to explore and analyse different perspectives and perceptions of high-quality nature-based solutions (NBS). The brief provides an overview from key stakeholder groups and draws recommendations for practitioners and policy-...
Scope:
Global
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Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
Description: Context
The study of ecosystem services has extended its influence into spatial planning and landscape ecology, the integration of which can offer an opportunity to enhance the saliency, credibility, and legitimacy of landscape ecology in spatial planning issues.
Objectives
This...
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GrowGreen
Description: What did the GrowGreen cities achieved? The progress of the different GrowGreen Cities during the last 5 years is summarised in these posters, which illustrate the most relevant results within the project.
Scope:
Europe
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IUCN
Description: Ecosystem degradation has reached the far corners of our planet from our precious rainforests to our priceless reefs. Irresponsible human activities have caused and exacerbated our climate crisis and ecosystem degradation, forcing us to cope with biodiversity loss, habitat...
Scope:
Global
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BiodiverCities
Description: The World Economic Forum with the Government of Colombia, the Humboldt, Arup and AlphaBeta, has released this insight report to call on cities, as crucial players in reversing nature loss and climate change, to become BiodiverCities by 2030. The report showcases the opportunity...
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Global
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Inter-American Development Bank, World Resources Institute
Description: As the world recovers from the global recession and pandemic, investment in development proj- ects and infrastructure is poised to surge (World Bank 2020) . But channeling that investment into traditional infrastructure, often built with concrete and steel, risks accelerating...
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Latin America
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GrowGreen
Description: This report details the interventions and outcomes of the Wroclaw GrowGreen project, funded as part of the European Commission’s 2016 Smart Cities and Communities Call for “Demonstrating Innovative Nature-Based Solutions in Cities”. . This report presents the challenges and...
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Europe
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APAN Regional Hub
Description: The mission of APAN is to build climate change resilient and sustainable human systems, ecosystems and economies through the mobilisation of knowledge, enhanced institutional capacity and informed decision making processes, and facilitated access to finance and technologies. The...
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Asia, Oceania
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Earth Security
Description: Earth Security's new report provides a practical roadmap for public finance institutions (DFIs, donors, foundations) and long-term investors to use blended finance strategically to unlock investments in nature. Nature may be our ultimate asset, but the markets that will enable...
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Global
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World Bank
Description: NBSOS is a geospatial analysis and a participatory process that is offered as an on-demand service for NBS investment opportunity mapping in cities around the world. It aims to support World Bank teams, governments, and other investors to understand which NBS types have most...
Scope:
Global
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NetworkNature
Description: This Knowledge Brief produced by NetworkNature aims to disentangle the complexities associated with the integration of research and policy with regards to nature-based solutions (NBS) implementation and mainstreaming. The brief provides an overview of the NBS knowledge gaps...
Scope:
Global
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MUTK, Magyar Urbanisztikai Tudásközpont
Description: In a context of constantly increasing levels of urbanization throughout the world, the aim of this article is to address that challenge with new urban planning solutions. Nature-based solutions (NBS) are amongst the newest concepts for tackling today's urban challenges and are...
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GrowGreen
Description: This report examines the scope for future EU China collaboration on Nature Based Solutions (NbS). In the original call for “demonstrating innovative nature based solutions in cities” (H2020-SCC-2016-2017) the call made reference to the EU-China Sustainable Urbanisation...
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Asia, Europe
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WWF
Description: This publication by WWF and Ecoact aims to share the important role of cities adopting nature targets to help restore the relationship between human and the natural world to realize the promise of the UN Sustainable Development Goals for a net-zero world. In this document eight...
Scope:
Global
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UNDRR
Description: In this document by UNDRR, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are considered capable to address the growing challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, increased frequency of extreme weather and natural hazards as well as other human-made environmental disasters. The UNDRR...
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Global
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GrowGreen
Description: Within the EU-funded GrowGreen project, this report presents the challenges and results from the work in Valencia, focused on Benicalap, an area located in the north west of the city, chosen for the need for regeneration and investment. The aim of this report is to demonstrate...
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Europe
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Description: Founded in 2010, the Global Adaptation Network (GAN) provides a worldwide platform to distribute and exchange climate change adaptation knowledge in a variety of ways. It emphasizes the value of direct personal exchange and partnerships, often within particular regions of...
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Global
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NetworkNature
Description: This report was produced by NetworkNature to summarise the main outcomes of the NetworkNature Annual Event "Upscaling nature-based solutions in policy and practice", which took place on 27th September in Brussels. The event provided the opportunity to learn more about the state-...
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Europe, Global
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Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Description: The factsheet: Gender Equality and the Sustainability of Wetlands provides a concise summary of key operational and practical entry points to increase understanding and facilitate the mainstreaming of gender in the implementation of the Convention on Wetland. Derived from the ...
Scope:
Global
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NetworkNature
Description: This Factsheet explores common water-related challenges, such as water availability, quality, and management, their associated risks, and relevant policies, while proposing nature-based solutions as a paradigm shift. By outlining key benefits of using nature for an integrated...
Scope:
Global
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ICLEI
Description: The overall concept of MULTISOURCE focusses on the intersection of Nature Based Solutions for Water Treatment (NBSWT ) with the four key areas of environment, circular economy, society and policy. Stakeholder engagement is an essential element of MULTISOURCE. In the context of...
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GrowGreen
Description: In order to strengthen engagement from political decision-makers and to create opportunities for the replication of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), the political representatives of the GrowGreen cities were invited to participate in a virtual visit to the city of Campinas, Brazil...
Scope:
Latin America
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UN Environment Programme
Description: Less than 3% of the Earth’s surface is covered by peatlands but they are the largest terrestrial organic carbon stock. Indeed, peatlands are capable to store twice as much carbon as in the world’s forests. Despite their potential, globally, peatlands are in decline with 11-15%...
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Global
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IUCN
Description: This report, published by the IUCN Center for Mediterranean Cooperation, shows the results of an initial assessment of a number of selected projects in Mediterranean cities against the IUCN Global Standard. The projects have been chosen to uniformly represent the climatic...
Scope:
Europe
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IUCN
Description: Panorama is a partnership initiative to document and promote examples of inspiring, replicable solutions across a range of conservation and development topics, enabling cross-sectoral learning and inspiration. This platform houses a number of thematic portals, and is envisioned...
Scope:
Global
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Description: REGATTA´s objective is to strengthen capacity and knowledge sharing of climate change technologies and experiences for adaptation and mitigation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This regional Network is also contributing to the implementation of the Climate Technology Centre...
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Latin America
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Commonland, WWF Landscape Finance Lab, Wetlands International, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management
Description: This publication is the result of a close collaboration between Commonland, the Landscape Finance Lab and Wetlands International, with support from the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management. The 4 Returns Framework for landscape restoration is a practical tested system-change...
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Global
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Description: The State of Finance for Nature is a series that aims to quantify public and private finance flows to nature-based solutions and the extent to which finance flows are aligned with global targets and the investment needed to limit global warming to below 1.5°C, halt biodiversity...
Scope:
Global
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NetworkNature
Description: Previous
Next
This factsheet explores the potential of ecosystem restoration actions to halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems. Building on the outcomes of the last NetworkNature semester theme on Nature-based solutions for Ecosystem Restoration, the factsheet provides...
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Global
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Eurac Research
Description: The present report contains an analysis of potential multiple benefits linked to the Visionary Solutions proposed by the pilot cities. It starts by reviewing existing EU-funded projects on Nature-based Solutions and Smart City paradigms to identify common key challenges (with...
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City of Madrid
Description: In the framework of the Madrid plan for Biodiversity enhancement and management, these visually striking guidelines for Nature-based solutions have been developed. Organised in 4 thematic blocks -green areas, urban streets, public buildings and vacant plots-, they aim to help...
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Europe
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Woodland trust
Description: Agroforestry is a land management practice that combines cultivation and farming systems with trees and shrubs. It can include agricultural hedges, parks and wooded pastures, but also innovative systems, such as contour planting and forestry cultivation. This approach offers...
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Global
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The Nordic Pavilion
Description: From the Nordic Pavilion: Two global crises interlinked: biodiversity loss and climate change. Actions to mitigate one should not worsen the other. Two interactive panel debates considering examples that require the balancing of needs as well as win-win action for both climate...
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Europe
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NetworkNature
Description: The report summarises the key outcomes of the NetworkNature Annual Event 2023 “Enabling transformation through and for Nature-based Solutions”, which took place on 8th June 2023, at the Flagey Building in Brussels and brought together more than 150 participants to discuss the...
Scope:
Europe
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Description: EBAFOSA is an inclusive pan-African policy implementation action framework that provides a platform and technical guidance to all stakeholders - state and non-state to drive transformational climate action right down to communities through innovative Volunteerism. Including...
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Africa
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NetworkNature
Description: This report provides a summary of the main outcomes of the launch event of TeAM Hub, the Hungarian NetworkNature Hub for nature-based solutions. The event gathered primarily local authorities reflecting their crucial role in promoting the widespread uptake of nature-based...
Scope:
Europe
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Centre Scientifique de Monaco
Description: This paper explores on the potential of deep-sea as a holistic nature-based solution to achieve international policy objectives. A suite of management instruments is available that could enable governance alignment of ecosystem services and biodiversity in addition to climate...
Scope:
Global
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NetworkNature
Description: To achieve a sustainable future, we should work with, not against nature to achieve global goals. Nature-based solutions are a great pathway forward. This Factsheet was produced by NetworkNature to provide an overview of some of our current societal challenges in different...
Scope:
Global
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Γεωπονικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (AUA)
Description: This article discusses how to establish an Innovation Hub and how to develop a roadmap to ensure the sustainable communication and cooperation between the academia, research and industry across borders and sectors. It covers aspects such as the design of Workshops, establishing...
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Jane Zelikova; Freya Chay; Jeremy Freeman; Danny Cullenward
Description: Voluntary carbon markets are ramping up efforts to credit soil carbon removal, with federal lawmakers and state regulators eager to follow suit. Most of the enthusiasm centers on agricultural practices like reducing tillage intensity, planting cover crops, and improving grazing...
Scope:
Global
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Earthwatch
Description: A wide range of benefits for agriculture and farmers are provided by trees. They have the potential to increase economic returns and support agricultural resilience. Planting more trees on farms can address multiple policy goals, including the UK’s aim to become carbon neutral...
Scope:
Europe
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UNEP
Description: Despite being engines of development, innovation and interaction, cities can also exacerbate some of the world's most serious environmental and socio-economic challenges. It is therefore necessary that cities are planned and designed with nature in mind. Nature-based solutions (...
Scope:
Global
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Partners and Projects info CSIC - Institute of Marine Sciences
Description: This project is a first of its kind for the marine and coastal Mediterranean environment and will also foster networks by improving the dialogue and coordination between Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) managers and scientists in order to create the first line of Mediterranean MPA...
Scope:
Europe
Main entity:
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Description: The guidebook aims to serve as a framework for developing, implementing and mainstreaming Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) measures in river basins throughout Thailand.
Part 1 of the Guidebook provides a background of the development of the concept of Nature-Based Solutions and...
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Asia
Main entity:
NetworkNature
Description: NetworkNature held its first Annual Event on 21st October 2021, on achieving the EU Green Deal through Nature-based Solutions. The Event was organised by IUCN in cooperation with the NetworkNature's partners. Find the presentations from the opening and the closing plenary...
Scope:
Europe
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International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources
Description: The objective of this publication is to assess how well existing interventions in China that incorporate the use and management of ecosystems and ecosystem services align with best practice norms of Nature-based Solutions. This is explored through ten case studies of...
Scope:
Asia
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EUROPEAN BUSINESS AND INNOVATION CENTRE NETWORK
Description: Nature-based solutions can help overcome urban sustainability challenges by providing services, creating benefits and offering value for different urban actors. However, the development of nature-based solutions is hampered by several barriers that relate to the challenge of...
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Universidad Católica de Valencia
Description: This report builds on the outcomes of a questionnaire answered by each partner of the CONEXUS project consortium (Klaipeda University, KU, Catholic University of Valencia, UCV, Agriculture University of Athens, AUA, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, UTCB, La...
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Wright, H, Wheelwright, J
Description: Delivering green infrastructure (GI) can provide multiple benefits that enhance the performance, efficiency and resilience of linear infrastructure assets and can reduce whole-life costs along transport, energy and water networks. C771 identifies good practice to support the...
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Global
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Groundwork Greater Manchester
Description: A green space like no other. Seeing is Believing is an 'eco-tour' of West Gorton's brand new Community Park. This film is the face of a spotlight session in Greater Manchester Combined Authorities 'Green Summit' 2020, for it's role in combatting the effects of climate change...
Scope:
Europe
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Nature4Climate
Description: Meet the new and improved NCS World Atlas! This online tool developed by Nature4Climate with support from The Nature Conservancy demonstrates opportunities for countries around the world to view how natural climate solutions (NCS) alongside emission reduction strategies, can...
Scope:
Global
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International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Description: The BNCFF Blue Prints providing examples on how to integrate Blue Natural Capital (BNC) restoration and conservation into sustainable business models. The aim of the Blue Prints is to inspire and foster opportunities for scaling-up and replicating BNC projects globally.
Scope:
Global
Main entity:
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Description: The present report examines the emerging concept of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and the IUCN Global Standard when applied to social-ecological systems that include aquaculture production. Section 1 of the report reviews the critical contextual situation, highlighting major...
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UNEP, WEF, ELD, Vivid Economics
Description: UNEP, WEF, ELD and Vivid Economics published the report “State Of Finance For Nature: Tripling investments in nature-based solutions by 2030”, presenting the results of a global analysis which tracks investment flows into nature-based solutions and identifies future investments...
Scope:
Global
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Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Kiwa Secretariat
Description: The Kiwa Initiative is a multi-donor program that aims to strengthen the climate change resilience of Pacific Island ecosystems, communities and economies through Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), that is to say by protecting, sustainably managing and restoring biodiversity. It is...
Scope:
Oceania
Main entity:
EUROPEAN BUSINESS AND INNOVATION CENTRE NETWORK
Description: This factsheet summarises the main outcomes of the report of the same name. One of the central statements of the factsheet finds that "while both private and public actors will opt for the options with the best value for money, outcomes can be different in both groups depending...
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Universidad Católica de Valencia
Description: The aim of this report is to reflect and suggest proposals to improve the management of talent, research and internationalisation in university accelerators.
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The Nature Conservancy
Description: The Nature Conservancy and partners have conducted a range of Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) analyses accross the globe over the last five years. In this guide they outline basic parameters for getting started with an NCS assessment, flag key decision points, and explain the...
Scope:
Global
Main entity:
World Economic Forum
Description: This report by The World Economic Forum lays out a clear roadmaps for Chinese companies to seize the business opportunities offered by 15 priority transitions under three socio-economic systems. These transitions are projected to ad $1.9 trillion in business value and could...
Scope:
Asia
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Manchester City Council
Description: In 2017, the City of Manchester become one of the 22 ‘Citylab’ study cities being undertaken across Europe as part of the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)-funded EnRoute Project. The EnRoute (enhancing the resilience of urban ecosystems through green...
Scope:
Europe
Main entity:
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Description: The BNCFF is helping to build the business case for investing in blue Nature-based Solutions by developing the pipeline of bankable Blue Natural Capital (BNC) projects, and connecting people on the ground with investors in boardrooms in the following ways:
1. Supporting project...
Scope:
Global
Main entity:
TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences
Description: The paper reviews the scientific literature (2000–2021) on nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction (NbS for DRR). Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is one of the most important societal challenges addressed under the umbrella term nature-based solutions (NbS). One NbS...
Scope:
Global
Main entity:
World Bank
Description: The Economic Case for Nature is part of a series of papers by the World Bank that lays out the economic rationale for investing in nature and recognizes how economies rely on nature for services that are largely underpriced. This report presents a first-of-its-kind integrated...
Scope:
Global
Main entity:
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Description: This guide provides information and reasoning as to why it is important for agribusinesses to engage in nature-positive business practices, and why landscape restoration is an effective solution to issues related to degradation of landscapes and natural capital on which...
Scope:
Global
Main entity:
University of Stuttgart
Description: The UNaLab Value Model explores the often intangible values of NBS. It thereby aims to establish a link between the identified NBS (NBS Technical Handbook, D5.1), associated beneficiaries and their individual benefits, as well as available financing options (D6.3 Business Models...
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TU Munich
Description: Nature-based solutions (NBS) for mitigating climate change are gaining popularity. The number of NBS is increasing, but research gaps still exist at the governance level. The objectives of this paper are (i) to give an overview of the implemented NBS for flood risk management...
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IUCN
Description: The documenti presents recommendations of the Science Task Force (STF) of the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration, led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and comprised of leading subject experts as specific actions to be undertaken by public and private...
Scope:
Global
Main entity:
Earthwatch
Description: This report by Earthwatch Europe shows how urban Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are a sustainable tool for building resilient cities. The report highlights how science and community engagement can provide key answers to support a sustainable future, providing the first insights...
Scope:
Global
Main entity:
UN Environment Programme, World Economic Forum, ELD
Description: The State of Finance for Nature in the G20 report attempts to capture the complete amount and future need for G20 country spending on nature-based solutions assets and activities. It reveals that current G20 investments in nature-based solutions are insufficient, at USD 120...
Scope:
Global
Main entity:
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Description: The BCAF focuses on increasing the global supply of investment-ready blue carbon restoration projects and enhancing the business case for financing by applying measurement approaches that value the climate, biodiversity and livelihood benefits of these ecosystems.
The Blue...
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Sphere
Description: This Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience in Humanitarian Action Unpacked Guide, developed in collaboration with the Nature-based Solutions in Humanitarian Contexts Working Group, supports Sphere’s vision and mission in that:
• it provides practical guidance for using...
Scope:
Global
Main entity:
NetworkNature
Description: This powerpoint slide provides a case study on a successful example of nature-based solution applied in the agriculture sector: Agroforestry to make the agricultural systems in Montpellier more resilient to the effects of climate change. The agroforestry scheme was implemented...
Scope:
Europe
Main entity:
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - French Committee
Description: In this report, the IUCN French Committee showcases Nature-based Solutions (NbS) projects for coastal adaptation to climate change in France. The report demonstrates how NbS are efficient tools to address key coastal challenges such as coastal erosion, sea-level rise, and dune...
Main entity:
Connecting Nature project consortium
Description: This guidebook supports cities in using the NBS Business Model Canvas. Further supports available to cities planning NBS include an introductory Webinar on ‘Financing, Business Models and Governance of NBS’ and an on-site facilitated workshop.
Main entity:
European Forest Institute
Description: The present paper traces a chronological history, or roadmap, of the documentation produced by the European Union (EU) to promote and implement nature-based solutions (NBS) as an innovation action aiming to establish a socially inclusive, economically vibrant and ecologically...
